Causes and effects of Great Economic Depression of 1929

The Great Economic Depression of the 1930s was a severe economic problem that had affected the whole world and the United States of America in particular and this can be regarded as...

RBI AUTONOMY

Introduction The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the government give the feeling that they are not in agreement even to the extent that an understanding of their...

EASE OF DOING BUSINESS REPORT 2020 & IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS

The World Bank has released its latest Doing Business Report (DBR) 2020. India ranks 63rd among 190 countries and had moved 14 places from the previous year (77th rank in 2018).  Based on...

Aspirational Poverty

How do we deal with Aspirational Poverty? Factors can smother Aspirations at the individual and cultural level: 1) Asymmetry in social structures. For eg: Gender, position, and network-based limitations can keep an individual from aspiring. 2) In...

GeM |Government e-Marketplace

Government e-Marketplace or GeM is an open platform and a one-stop shop where regular user goods and services can be purchased. It is a system driven e-marketplace. The GeM portal is a...
Operation Green-TOP

Operation Greens Scheme (TOP to TOTAL)

During the Union budget for the financial year, 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that Operation Green (OG) scheme will now expand beyond tomatoes, onions, and potatoes (TOP). It now covers 22...

How can India become the next manufacturing hub?

India is one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, but its exports of value-added products are relatively low. About 50% of the total exports are from commodities and low-value addition items, while...

What is the Consumer Expenditure Survey? Why was its data of 2017-18 withheld by...

The government of India has decided to scrap the National Statistical Office's (NSO's) Consumer Expenditure survey of 2017-18 over "data quality". The ministry is independently looking at the possibility...

The story of Gig Economy

A gig economy is a work environment where organizations have temporary workers or freelancers instead of full-time long haul representatives. Companies give temporary situations to workers and the latter reaches free, transient contracts with...

Why do some nations grow faster than others?

This question has motivated generations of economists. It has to be noted that throughout history, some economies have grown faster than others. Have you ever wondered why?